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Parent Taxon

• Geometridae

Sibling Taxa

• Anavinemina
• Antiphoides
• Carphoides
• Eufidonia
• Galenara
• Melanolophia
• Paraphoides
• Vinemina

Child Taxa

• Melanolophia accurata
• Melanolophia agnataria
• Melanolophia anchicaya
• Melanolophia apicalis
• Melanolophia argilaria
• Melanolophia atigrada
• Melanolophia atrifascia
• Melanolophia attenuata
• Melanolophia azenia
• Melanolophia azenioides
• Melanolophia beutelspacheri
• Melanolophia bostar
• Melanolophia bugnathos
• Melanolophia calimae
• Melanolophia canadaria
• Melanolophia centosa
• Melanolophia centralis
• Melanolophia commotaria
• Melanolophia consimilaria
• Melanolophia conspicua
• Melanolophia conta
• Melanolophia contracta
• Melanolophia corza
• Melanolophia delinquaria
• Melanolophia detectaria
• Melanolophia dextera
• Melanolophia dislocata
• Melanolophia distracta
• Melanolophia divergens
• Melanolophia elegia
• Melanolophia eucheria
• Melanolophia eudoxa
• Melanolophia fimbriata
• Melanolophia flexilinea
• Melanolophia fugitaria
• Melanolophia fuscibrunnea
• Melanolophia homofascia
• Melanolophia hyberniaria
• Melanolophia imitata
• Melanolophia immarcata
• Melanolophia imperfectaria
• Melanolophia inatrata
• Melanolophia intervallata
• Melanolophia isoforma
• Melanolophia isometra
• Melanolophia lalanneae
• Melanolophia lalannei
• Melanolophia limosa
• Melanolophia ludovici
• Melanolophia madefactaria
• Melanolophia mallea
• Melanolophia mima
• Melanolophia minca
• Melanolophia misma
• Melanolophia modica
• Melanolophia moinieri
• Melanolophia munda
• Melanolophia muriensis
• Melanolophia musarana
• Melanolophia muscitincta
• Melanolophia muscosa
• Melanolophia mutabilis
• Melanolophia necopina
• Melanolophia olivescens
• Melanolophia orthoconara
• Melanolophia orthogonia
• Melanolophia orthotis
• Melanolophia ovata
• Melanolophia paraconara
• Melanolophia parma
• Melanolophia penicilla
• Melanolophia peridoxa
• Melanolophia perversa
• Melanolophia piura
• Melanolophia plecte
• Melanolophia praeapicata
• Melanolophia producta
• Melanolophia pseudodoxa
• Melanolophia pseudovallata
• Melanolophia rectilinearia
• Melanolophia reducta
• Melanolophia reductaria
• Melanolophia rima
• Melanolophia rindgei
• Melanolophia rubrica
• Melanolophia rufimontis
• Melanolophia sadrina
• Melanolophia sadrinaria
• Melanolophia semarcata
• Melanolophia signataria
• Melanolophia spatiosata
• Melanolophia striata
• Melanolophia subatrata
• Melanolophia substriata
• Melanolophia sullivani
• Melanolophia synargilaria
• Melanolophia tenebrosa
• Melanolophia tephrias
• Melanolophia triloba
• Melanolophia trisurca
• Melanolophia umbrosa
• Melanolophia vegranda
• Melanolophia venatia
• Melanolophia venedictoffae
• Melanolophia vitta
• Melanolophia vulsa
• Melanolophia zorca

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